Chickasha, Okla. -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels saw their five-game winning streak come to an end with a pair of setbacks today (Feb. 22) at the USAO/MACU Softball Tournament in Chickasha, Okla. The Lady Evangels lost their first game 6-3 to MidAmerica Nazarene and then 7-5 to Friends University.

The MidAmerica Nazarene University Pioneers got on the board with two runs in the first inning and then added to their lead with two more in the fourth.

The Lady Evangels answered back with a tally in the bottom of the fourth and then came within a run with a two-run sixth inning.

But the Pioneers tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh to close out the win.

Amber Tinney started the opener for the Lady Evangels and gave up four runs with three strikeouts and no walks in four innings.  Jackie Hilterbran then came on in relief and surrendered two runs with one strikeout in her three innings of work.

At the plate, Hilterbran went 2-of-3, while Hannah Lynch had two RBI and Ashley Sanford also drove in a run.

In the second game, the Lady Evangels scored first before the Friends University Falcons responded with the tying run in the second and then took control with three more tallies in the fourth and one in the fifth.

But the Lady Evangels (9-4) came roaring back with a two-run sixth inning and then scored two more in the seventh to tie the score at 5-5.

But the Falcons won it when Karsen Wohler finished a 3-of-3 effort at the plate with a walk-off two-run homer in the seventh inning. 

Kenna McCoy was 3-of-4 at the plate with one RBI and Lynch picked up two more hits in the second game for the Lady Evangels.

Sanford, Natalie Bissell and Tiffany Holt also had an RBI in the nightcap. 

The Lady Evangels will next return home to host Panhandle State University on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 25) with a twinbill at 1 p.m. at Jack Allen Field.